Police are appealing for help to find a sex attacker who subjected a woman to a serious sex assault in Derby.

The assault took place in the Stoney Lane area of Spondon in February. Officers had initially believed that rapist Ilija High - who has admitted seven serious sex offences including three charges of rape - was responsible for attacking the woman.

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"The inquiry is being carried out by a specialist team of detectives whose job it is to investigate sexual crimes. We have had no other reports of similar incidents in the area and we are not linking it to any other crimes.

"Anybody with information should contact Derbyshire police by calling 101."

Meanwhile, Ilija High, of Autumn Grove, Chaddesden, is due to be sentenced after pleading guilty against a string of offences against three victims.

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His attacks happened on September 27, 2014, in Spondon; September 7, 2015, at Darley Abbey; and December 22, 2015, in Spondon. High pleaded guilty to attempt to rape on September 27, 2014; assault by penetration, attempt to rape and three counts of rape on September 7, 2015; and attempt to rape on December 22, 2015.

As well as the sex attack charges, High will also be sentenced to three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

He was caught after a member of the public told a police officer his name after reading the coverage of an appeal for information in the Derby Telegraph.